Ted Hilts wrote:

> Here is my swap:
> >
> ted@(protected)
> Filename Type Size Used Priority
> /dev/sda4 partition 854272 405932 -1
> ted@(protected):~$
>
> Getting close to 1 GByte -- that ought to be enough when nothing is
> happenning -- that is I emptied the 4 desktops and all that was left
> were the icons put in place during installation.

No, that isn't anywhere NEAR enough for a modern system. The "icons" are
irrelevant - they're not running programs. It's the programs that are
_running_ that matter.
>
> One big point everyone is missing is that it worked and now it doesn't.

No, that's definitely not something I missed. That's exactly why I say you
have a configuration problem, not a distribution problem. And in my eyes,
the configuration problem is precisely that you don't have anywhere near
enough swap.

> On power up it worked but complained it did not work but it did.

And you haven't answered my questions about that.

> So far, no one has yet come up with a solution to this problem I have

So far, at least two people have told you exactly what your problem is.

So, one last try before I give up on you. What does "free" show?

derek@(protected)
        total     used     free   shared   buffers   cached
Mem:     1025972   934844    91128       0      52   311512
-/+ buffers/cache:   623280   402692
Swap:    3004112    30280   2973832

If the number in the "used" column for Mem is less than the number in
the "free" column for Swap, you need a bigger swap partition [and before
someone says how untrue that is, I know, it's just an approximation].
--
derek


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